Muslims and Media Images

News versus Views

Edited by Ather Farouqui

Description

How does the media view Muslims, especially after 9/11? How far is the goal of pan-Islamism a part of popular Muslim consciousness? What are Indian Muslims doing to change distorted media images of themselves? The volume raises such questions and investigates the world of Muslims by focusing on issues like media representation, identity politics, and their relationships with civil society. With contributions from a range of media persons, scholars, and activists, it addresses these concerns from a multitude of perspectives. While examining Hindi, Urdu, and vernacular press, the essays also look into Hindi and regional language films from an analytical and gender-centric point of view. The essays further discuss the challenges and stereotypes the community is
confronted with, particularly in the post 9/11 period. They underline the reasons behind increasing militancy and aggression. The volume also explores the contradictions within Muslim society as well as the tensions between Muslims and other cultures and communities.

Muslims and Media Images

News versus Views

Edited by Ather Farouqui

Table of Contents

List of Table Acknowledgements Introduction Ather Farouqui I. English Media: Image and Depiction1. Muslims and Media Images: Where Things went Wrong Vinod Mehta2. Muslims and the Press: Some Reflections Rajni Kothari3. Muslims and the Indian Press Kuldip Nayar4. Indian Press: The Vernacular and the Mainstream Babel Mrinal Pande5. Contested Representations in Historical Perspective: Images of Islam and Australian Press, 1950-2000 Howard Brasted6. The Print Media and Minority Images Chandan Mitra7. Minority Images in the Indian Print Media Siddharth VaradarajanII. Transcending Boundaries8. Muslims and the World Forum K.M.A Munim9. Of Fish and Beef, the New Recipe of the Muslim
Identity: A Journey through the Cultural Prism of West Bengal Sabya Sachi10. Issues of Goan Muslims as Seen in the Goan Press Charles J. Borges11. The Ayodhya Controversy in the Czech Press of the 1990s Dagmar Markova12. Indian Muslims and the Free Press Estelle Dryland13. Islam and the West: Ominous Misunderstandings Susan B. MaitraIII. Muslim Journalism: A Phenomenal Dichotomy14. Urdu Newspapers in India: Waiting for Citizen Kane? Robin Jeffrey15. Urdu Press in India Ather Farouqui16. Muslims and the Press Wahiduddin Khan17. Is Urdu Journalism in India a Lost Battle? Arshad AmanullahIV. Popular Images and the Story of Stereotypes18. Bollywood Films with Special Reference to Urdu Politics and Muslims
Moinuddin Jinabade19. Indian Muslims and Indian Films: Some Observations of Contemporary Indian Art Cinema John W. HoodAppendix I: Medium is the Image Vinod Mehta Appendix II: Who's the Real Muslim? Ather Farouqui Notes on Contributors Index